A Ghost is Born (The Neon Ghost Book 1)

A girl who saved a veteran. A city that shattered her soul. A ghost that rose from the ashes. Bethany Hamilton was a girl defined by boundless hope and a capacity for compassion that defied the merciless streets of New York City. When her father befriends Benjamin, a psychologically scarred veteran living on the streets, Bethany gains a new best friend and guardian angel. With the innocence and empathetic understanding only a nine-year-old child can offer, she coaxes this broken soldier back from the edges of his deep depression and the pain of his traumatic past, so he may truly live again in the present. But darkness lurks in every corner of the city, and eventually, the tables turn. When a brutal reality shatters her fairy tale life, Bethany is battered by loss and stripped of her childhood, forced to navigate a path of pain and struggle for daily survival. As the city threatens to crush her will to live, Bethany finds herself cast out upon the same streets Benjamin once walked. She learns to rely upon herself as well as some very unlikely friends she acquires along the way. A futuristic New York City forms the crucible that will shape our young heroine. She will emerge from the flames, rising from the ashes of her past self. Bethany Hamilton once again reaches for her childhood dreams… ★★★★★ That escalated quickly! “When I started to read this book, I thought rather sedate and childlike. Then I worried about the homeless guy, then relieved. Then worried, then appalled and sad, then more sadness and tragedy. A rollercoaster of emotions and excellent storytelling. I look forward to more.” ★★★★★ “Bethany's story is beautiful and tragic and redeeming. I have never cried so much in a book. Chapter 65 and on, I was a blubbering mess. I definitely recommend this to others.” View Less